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Texas Labor Code - Section 301.021. Donations

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§ 301.021. DONATIONS.  (a) The commission may accept a 
donation of services, money, or property that the commission 
determines furthers the lawful objectives of the commission.  The 
donation must be accepted in an open meeting by a majority of the 
voting members of the commission and must be reported in the public 
records of the commission with the name of the donor and the purpose 
of the donation.
	(b)  The commission may not accept a donation from a person 
who is a party to an administrative proceeding pending before the 
commission until the 30th day after the date the commission's final 
order is issued.  The commission may not accept a donation from a 
person who is a party to a suit in which the commission is also a 
party.
	(c)  The commission may not accept a donation from a 
for-profit entity that has a contract with the commission or has 
submitted a bid in response to a pending request for proposal issued 
by the commission for services or products having a value of not 
less than $50,000. This subsection does not apply to a contract or 
bid that relates only to providing child-care services.
	(d)  A for-profit entity may not enter into a contract with 
the commission or submit a bid in response to a request for proposal 
issued by the commission before the first anniversary of the date of 
making a donation to the commission unless the contract or bid 
relates only to providing child-care services.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 202.021 by Acts 1995, 
74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.02(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by 
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 361, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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